The mall scene was actually shot at St. Armands Mall in Sarasota, Florida. The cast and crew had to work around the public to film.
In the ice-cream store scene where Pothead and Will have a conversation Pothead gets up and asks an elderly lady if he can have a lick of her ice-cream. She says "yes" and allows it. This was not in the script and was improvised by Rod Grant. The director liked it so much he left it in the movie.
This was Nicholas Naylor's directorial debut in a feature film.
All of the pawn customer situations were taken from real life and have actually happened.